PAHO/WHO is coordinating…
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Organization of American States (OAS), and the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will issue a call to action directed at governments, other inter-American and U.N. agencies, and strategic partners to implement the Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human…
Ahead of World Humanitarian Day, WHO is drawing attention to continued attacks on…
Washington, DC, August 7, 2015 (PAHO/WHO) - Ensuring access to health services and the wellbeing of indigenous populations are tasks that still represent a challenge for the countries of the Americas, as these populations are most affected by inequities in access to health services. The Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization…
Geneva, 31 July 2015 (WHO) - Results from an interim analysis of the Guinea Phase III efficacy vaccine trial show that VSV-EBOV (Merck, Sharp & Dohme) is highly effective against Ebola. The independent body of international experts - the Data and Safety Monitoring Board — that conducted the review, advised that the trial should continue.…
Rates of oral cancer caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) have more than tripled in the United…
The percentage of men who engage in heavy episodic drinking—the most harmful form of drinking—nearly doubled over five years, and the rate among women nearly tripled, according to a new PAHO/WHO report.
Washington, DC, 20 July 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — The first Regional Status Report on Alcohol and Health in the Americas was released today by the Pan…
Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the…
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